Logo
To be amused by what you read — that is the great spring of

To be amused by what you read — that is the great spring of happy quotations. – C.E. Montague (1867–1928), “Quotation”

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Quotations
category

Short isolated sentences were the mode in which ancient Wisdom delighted to convey its precepts, for the regulation of life and manners. – William Warburton, “Sermon IV”

Category:
Quotations

Anthologies of aphorisms are usually arranged according to themes…. This is not the best method for the aphorism, because it often has several themes and interpretations. – Markku Envall

Category:
Quotations

Apothegms are in history, the same as pearls in the sand, or gold in the mine. – Desiderius Erasmus

Category:
Quotations

I swim across a sea of quotes, splashing in the words and riding the waves of wisdom. – Terri Guillemets

Category:
Quotations

Random Quotes

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy. – George Eliot

Category:
Experience

Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism. – Russell Baker

Category:
Business

Maybe a person’s time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food. – Frank A. Clark

Category:
Simplicity

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went. – John Updike

Category:
Driving